HP StoreOnce VSA Deployment and Configuration Guide (TC458-96024)

NOTE: The deployment creates the Thin Provisioned virtual disk for the operating system.
See the next section for more information about creating virtual disks for storage after
deployment.
12. The deployment process can take up to 15 minutes to complete, depending on the datastore
selected and how heavily loaded it is. It may take longer if the vSphere client is accessing the
StoreOnceVSA_OVF file across the network. During deployment a progress meter is displayed.
13. The HP StoreOnce VSA is now added to vSphere Client
To create virtual disks for the StoreOnce VSA
After deployment you must use vSphere client to create the 1 TB virtual disk(s) for storage. If you
do this before you power on the StoreOnce VSA, the total storage will be made available to the
StoreOnce VSA automatically after power on.
IMPORTANT: The StoreOnce VSA supports up to 10 x 1 TB virtual disks. If you experience a
reduction in performance when you increase storage, you should also increase resources and
reboot the HP StoreOnce VSA, as described in Configuration options for StoreOnce VSA (page 45).
To create virtual disks for the StoreOnce VSA 39